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"You make sure that people are really paying their taxes. You know that the money is not being diverted to some kind of criminal enterprise,'' Warren said recently. "And it's just a plain old safety issue. You don't want people walking in with guns and masks and saying, 'Give me all your cash.'"

Elizabeth Warren

Speaking about marijuana shops and their lack of access to banking services.

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Business

Sen. Warren Wants to Pull Pot Shops Out of Banking Limbo » NECN

FDA drug approvals plummeted this year, but 2017 is looking rosier » STAT News

10 Mass. companies to watch in 2017 » Boston Globe

Irish Startups Attracting U.S. Investment Dollars » WBUR

Civil Rights

'Bathroom Bill' Fight Brewing In Texas » WBUR

Crimes

Trial of pharmacy owner blamed for deadly meningitis outbreak begins Thursday » MassLive

Education

Mass. schools look overseas for competition » Boston Globe

Cambridge high school tackles gender climate head-on » Boston Globe

Pull Up One More Chair For Youth » Youth Today

How Northeastern Is Drawing Veterans With Specialized Support, Services » WBUR

MassBay joins tuition-free program » The Metro West Daily News

Special Report: Schools face surge in suicide attempts » Boston Herald

Harvard Law dean to step down from post » Boston Business Journal

Environment

Thinking globally, suing locally: Chelsea activists join fight against Exxon Mobil » Boston Globe

Let's hold Exxon accountable » Commonwealth Magazine

Health Care

Doctors are cutting opioids, even if it harms patients » Boston Globe

Mass. physicians open debate on end-of-life options » Boston Globe

Massachusetts Medical Society indicates openness to medically induced death » MassLive

Bay State eyes expanding rules on prescribing pot » Boston Herald

Proposed changes to medical marijuana rules aren't enough, patients say » Boston Globe

Housing

If homeless are no longer in Bristol County hotels where are they? » Herald News

Judiciary

Full SJC to take up case of attempted 'suicide by cop' » Salem News

Gertner: Mass. will remain bastion of civil liberties » State House News Service

Labor

Massachusetts' $11 an Hour Minimum Wage Goes into Effect » Boston Globe

Western Mass. expected to benefit from minimum wage hike » The Recorder

Funding in the works for manufacturing jobs » Lynn Daily News Item

Child Care Scarcity Has Very Real Consequences For Working Families » WBUR

Employers wave caution flag to "emotionally appealing" $15 minimum wage » State House News Service

Legislative

How much do state lawmakers make? » Boston Globe

Veteran lawmakers, by the numbers » The Sun Chronicle

The Marijuana Law Hits a Six-Month Speed Bump » Boston Globe

McMurtry present for vote on marijuana stores, says will of the people will be honored » Wicked Local Westwood

Senate bills being held up by House Ways & Means » Sentinel & Enterprise

Skeleton crew expected to finish final 30 hours of session on Beacon Hill » Newburyport News

200 House and Senate members to take oath Wednesday » WWLP 22

Senate prepping for Rosenberg speech » State House News Service

Local Government

City Council facing question of leadership » Lynn Daily News Item

Column: Keep moving Gloucester forward » Gloucester Times

New Springfield Council President Orlando Ramos seeks to improve police-community relations » MassLive

Correia works on finding the right balance during first year as Fall River mayor » The Herald News

Opinion

Make arts education standard » Boston Globe

Empathy, the imagination, and Black Lives Matter » Boston Globe

Chill people, the pot law needs fixing » Boston Globe

No, don't move to Canada — or Australia » Boston Globe

Our view: Heavy metal an issue on Beacon Hill » The Salem News

A private man in a public life » Boston Globe

OUR VIEW: Seeing the problems firsthand » Herald News

Robichaud: Taxes on state menu as the House (and Senate) special » Boston Herald

Is 'Imagine Boston 2030' climate ready? » Boston Globe

Cape Downwinders plan citizen action event » Cape Cod Times

Mass. Democrats: Lighten up on Trump Inauguration » Lowell Sun

OUR VIEW: Minimum wage bump will mean more dollars spent here » Taunton Gazette

Editorial: Smoke in their eyes » Boston Herald

Carr: Living large at Mar-a-Lago » Boston Herald

The shattered lives of misguided Probation Dept. probe » Lowell Sun

Politics

County commissioner-elect Ron Beaty takes shots » Cape Cod Times

Dems call on Baker to denounce picks made by The Donald » Boston Herald

Year in review: 2016 was the year of elections » Wicked Local Cohasset

YEAR IN REVIEW: Hedlund, Bradley open door for O'Connor, Meschino » Wicked Local Cohasset

A Massachusetts freedom agenda » Commonwealth Magazine

Curt Schilling: Trump support shutting me out in Hall bid » Boston Herald

Public Health

New laws show signs of helping slow opioid epidemic » Gazette Net

Public Safety

Despite Trust Act, Boston police handed over immigrants for deportation » Boston Globe

Advocates concerned about treatment of mentally ill inmates » The Associated Press (AP)

Sheriff, Greater Lowell police work to break cycle of incarceration » Lowell Sun

Agawam police officer indicted in alleged theft of more than $10,000 from union » MassLive

Transportation

Buckle Up, Boston: Testing Of Self-Driving Cars Begins Tuesday » WBUR

On-demand carpooling would slash need for taxis, MIT study says » Boston Globe

Utilities

Spectra delays Access Northeast natural gas pipeline » Utility Dive

Tennessee Gas sets Nov. 1 target for Otis State Forest pipeline » Berkshire Eagle

Massachusetts DOER will set energy storage mandate targets by July » Utility Dive

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